Union Proves How Non-Profits Are Coming Together to Help an Underserved Population

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - November 12, 2009) - Larkin Street Youth Services announced
today that it's a new fiscal sponsor of the 3rd Street Youth Center and
Clinic in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. With this
partnership, Larkin Street will be responsible for managing 3rd Street's
funds and providing operational oversight of its programs. The sponsorship
is an excellent example of two community-based organizations coming
together to share resources, achieve greater efficiencies, and greatly
enhance complementary services.

The 3rd Street organization was founded in 2005 as a true community
collaboration to fill a critical gap in the Bayview Hunters Point
neighborhood, where approximately 4,000 youth, ages 12 to 24, reside with
only limited access to critical health and support services. The center and
clinic acts as a multiservice center for youth with a focus on providing
urgently needed and ongoing health, mental health and support services that
are free to young people living in the southeast corridor of San Francisco.
In addition to providing health programs such as primary care and prenatal
services, 3rd Street offers youth development programming. This includes
The Youth Outreach Squad which provides outreach and education to their
peers about healthy decision making. Every year, 3rd Street reaches about
800 youth, ages 12 - 24.

As acting fiscal sponsor, the long-term collaboration that already exists
between a number of Larkin Street and 3rd Street programs will be enhanced,
improving the opportunities for the marginalized youth of Bayview Hunters
Point to receive comprehensive health services, have a safe place to
interact with their peers and be empowered to become successful,
contributing adults.

"We are excited about the opportunity to work more closely with the 3rd
Street to meet the needs of youth in Bayview Hunters Point," said Sherilyn
Adams, executive director of Larkin Street, San Francisco's leading
provider of housing and support services for homeless and at-risk youth
ages 12 to 24.

The population served by 3rd Street is among the city's poorest and most
marginalized, with more than 50 percent of the area's adolescents living in
poverty. Only half the neighborhood's children live in a home with two
parents, and 30 percent of teens live in out-of-home placements. The
long-term cumulative health effects on this small community are startlingly
clear: the area has the largest number of teen cases of sexually
transmitted diseases in the city; the teen pregnancy rate is three times
that of the rest of San Francisco; and the infant mortality rate is among
the highest of any zip code in California.

With this fiscal partnership, 3rd Street will continue to serve this
population, providing vital services to the area.

The mission of 3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic is to help youth from
Bayview Hunters Point make healthy and safe decisions that improve their
physical, emotional, and social health, empowering them to become
successful, contributing adults. www.3rdstyouth.org